Las Montañas, Oñate to compete in state poetry recitation

LAS CRUCES - Las Montañas Charter High School and Oñate High School will be among 13 schools participating in the New Mexico Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest at 1 p.m. March 3 in Santa Fe.

The New Mexico competition was held statewide and almost 1,500 youth and 30 teachers participated at the classroom level.

The state winner will receive $200, plus $500 for their school library for the purchase of poetry books, and all expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete at the national finals. The national champion receives $20,000 in prizes.

Poetry Out Loud is a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and state arts agencies. The New Mexico project of the national poetry recitation contest is sponsored by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

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